Distance and Displacement
Distance and Displacement
Distance and Displacement
01
DESCRIBE THE MOTION OF AN OBJECT IN TERMS OF DISTANCE,
DISPLACEMENT, SPEED OR VELOCITY AND ACCELERATION.
02
DIFFERENTIATE QUANTITIES IN TERMS OF MAGNITUDE AND
DIRECTION.
ESSENTIAL QUESTION
How will understanding of speed, velocity,
acceleration important in understanding
everyday occurrences?
DISTANCE VS. DISPLACEMENT
Quantity Category
a. 5m SCALAR
and has a
displacement of 140 m, rightward.
SPEED
SPEED
Answer: 4 m/s
VELOCITY
VELOCITY
Formula:
acceleration= change in
velocity/ time Answer: 4 m/s
LET’S ANSWER!
1. Which runner
won the race?
Ans.: Albert
2. Which runner
stopped for a
rest?
Ans.: Charlie
3. How long was
the stop of Charlie?
Ans.: 5 sec
4. How long did Bob
take to complete
the race?
Ans.: 14 sec
5. Calculate Albert’s
average speed.
Ans.: 35.7 s
7. A cheetah runs with an average speed
of 32 m/s for 30 seconds. How far did
the cheetah run?
Ans.: 10 m/s
9. A car accelerates uniformly from
22.5m/s
to 46.1 m/s in 2.47 seconds.
Determine the acceleration of the car.